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      So after a tough training camp for my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) team, Centreville BJJ, it was competition time for my team to those who decided to compete. Some had competed before and wanted to enjoy it, while for some others this would be their first time competing, and it was a great learning experience for them. During our training preparations, we would have them run sprints back and forth at the gym after a training session, volunteer to stay after for extra sparring sessions, and meet at the local high school track for extra cardio work. Run hills, run on the bleachers, and race one another to build up their cardio. Now it was game time for a local competition called Grappling Industries, a local tournament competition for locals who are getting into the sport/martial art of Jiu-Jitsu and want to test themselves. As a coach, I would make sure my team would be ready with their weight, ensure their knowledge of the ruleset, and ask what their game plan is when ...

My main team is the Washington Nationals because I grew up in the DMV area. I am by no means an avid baseball fan, but I enjoy watching a game once in a while. I definitely fall into the category of watching baseball as America's favorite pastime for casual sports viewing. I know enough about baseball on the surface level of the sport to enjoy it and understand what I am watching while the game is played, but not at an in-depth level. When I heard about the Los Angeles Dodgers acquiring Shohei Ohatani, I knew that team would be playoff-bound. I became a fan of the player himself when he was with the Angels, hitting home runs like they were so easy anybody could do it. He is a high-quality player, with a great personality on and off the diamond, and there is nothing that you can do to make people "NOT" like the man. When I heard this 2024-2025 season Shohei Ohtani was on track to be the first person in the 50-50 club, I had no idea what that meant until I looked it up. App...

      Over the past weekend, I ran a spartan race, for those who don't know it is an obstacle course race that varies from 5k, 10k, and 20k. I chose to do the Spartan Race Sprint, a 5k race with about 20 obstacle courses. I have no idea why I decided to do it, probably because like Snoop Dogg at the Olympics this year, I wanted to do something spontaneous and do a little side quest. As a coach and participant in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I already competed about 3 times this year with mixed results. After competing so much, I thought it would be healthy to take a break from competition and test myself with this Spartan race.  IT WAS TOUGH!!! All I did to prepare myself for this race was do some leisurely jogging around my neighborhood until I hit about 2- 3 miles since a 5k race is essentially 3 miles. As well as staying consistent with my BJJ training because it all involved cardio, and I thought this training would improve my cardio overall. But I neglected my stre...

      Well, football is back, and as a Washington Commanders fan, formerly known as the Washington Football team a.k.a. Washington Redskins, played their first game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Being raised a Washington football team fan thanks to my grandfather, I always look forward to games but with a grain of salt each time. Historically speaking from personal experience, the Washington football team is the underdog of the NFC East, and my friends and I's expectations for the team are realistic. Yes, my friends and I who are Washington fans want the team to win, but if we lose it's to be expected and it is not a big deal for us. But we are optimistic fans, who always want the best performance out of the Washington team, especially after all the changes after the former owner Dan Snyder sold the rights to the team. With a new owner, or owners, came with roster, staff, and coach changes, we were looking forward to a win for the first week of the NFL season, to star...